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MEET OUR Speakers

Luis Araujo

president of Turismo de Portugal

Sheila Bair

former chair of the FDIC

Karen Bakker

author, researcher and entrepreneur

Dan Barber

chef, author and co-owner of Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns

Catherine Belton

author and journalist

Charles F. Bolden Jr.

former Nasa administrator and astronaut

Daniel Boulud

chef-owner of award-winning restaurants

Rachel Bronson

president and CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Moran Cerf

professor of neuroscience and business

Ta-Nehisi Coates

author and journalist

Jamie Lee Curtis

actress, producer, children's author and activist

Kevin Czinger

founder and CEO, Czinger Vehicles and Divergent Technologies

Jan Dalley

FT arts editor

Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson

FT US business editor

Jo Ellison

How to Spend It editor

Rana Foroohar

FT global business columnist and associate editor

Jan Gerber

founder and CEO of Paracelsus Recovery

Simone Gibertoni

CEO of Clinique La Prairie

Janine Gibson

FTWeekend editor

Lucy Goff

founder, LYMA Life

Bertha González Nieves

co-founder and CEO of Tequila Casa Dragones

Christopher Grimes

FT LA bureau chief

Sarita Gupta

vice president of U.S. programs, Ford Foundation

Beatrice Hodgkin

deputy editor, HTSI, FT

David Howson

global president for Cboe Global Markets, Inc

Pati Jinich

chef, cookbook author + television host

Nina Khrushcheva

professor of international affairs at The New School in New York,

Natasha Lance Rogoff

author, filmmaker and TV producer

Alice Lascelles

author and FT drinks columnist

Alison Loehnis

ad interim CEO of YOOX NET-A-PORTER

Edward Luce

FT US national editor and columnist

Justice Malala

author & journalist

Neil Markey

co-founder and CEO, Beckley Retreats

Brooke Masters

FT US financial editor

Chris Miller

author of Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Palesa Morudu-Rosenberg

writer and director, Clarity Global

Enuma Okoro

FT life & arts columnist

Joshua Oliver

FT correspondent

Serhii Plokhii

author

Elaine Read and Matt Weyandt

co-founders of Xocolatl

Marek Reichman

EVP and chief creative officer, Aston Martin Lagonda

Jancis Robinson

Master of Wine and FT wine columnist

Rebecca Rose

FT Globetrotter editor

Salman Rushdie

author

Alec Russell

FT foreign editor

Peter Spiegel

FT US managing editor

Frederick Studemann

FT literary editor

Barbara Sturm

founder & CEO of Dr. Barbara Sturm Molecular Cosmetics

Roy Swan

director of Mission Investments, Ford Foundation

Tara Swart

neuroscientist and former psychiatric doctor

Gillian Tett

FT US Editorial Board Chair and US Editor-at-large

Tara Thomas

managing editor of JancisRobinson.com

John Thornhill

FT innovation editor

Colm Tóibín

author

Alice Waters

chef, author, food activist and founder and owner of Chez Panisse Restaurant

Courtney Weaver

FT US political correspondent

Martin Wolf

FT chief economics commentator

Meg Wolitzer

author